[Android Head-Units] kaween:
Just like the Ouku, the Hifimax comes in different disguises and names. Even if you buy it from Hifimax, the Manual will call it a I802, a 1802G and a S150 on several occasions. But don't worry, it's all the same device. I think at Hifimax, the 1802G is the denomination they give this exact model (Generic 2din Anroid), the SERIES which use this hardware is called the S150 series and the I802 is the basic hardware design.

Could be wrong, but that's how I understand it.

As for OBD :

No, you CAN'T use a BT OBDII as long as nobody produces a firmware with support for the additional BT dongle you'd need buy to do that. Root is the first step to make the device "ready for hacking", it just opens the door. But all the other stuff "has to be done by the user"

To enable BT OBDII, you need a sepperate BT interface, as the BT onboard the 801 can only talk to the "handsfree part" of the unit. Same thing as with the Ouku. I only know of the Parrot which can be forced into connecting the internal BT module to communicate with a OBD BT module.

Difference is, for the OUKU, HAL9k provided such a modded rom with those Linux-BT drivers in place.

Gavroche told us in this forum he had WIF and USB OBD II running, but he needed more time to get the BT variation running.

Sadly, even the USB version wouldn't work out of the box, as even a rooted I802 has to have OTG activated. I myself am too stupid to do that.

Even more sadly, Gavroche hasn't shown any sign of life since his last posts a month ago.

That's why I headed out and modded my I802 into Ad-Hoc, so the I802 runs Torque over a Wifi OBDII at least for the time being, as I demonstrated on this forum. When push comes to shove and Gavroche can't continu his work on the unit, at least I/we have a working, stable Torque solution for the I802, but you need that Wifi ELM327 to do that.

Considering a Wifi OBDII costs next to nothing these days (16€ or something over Ebay) and works pretty darned well, I can live with that. The only thing you'd need to do is to switch from dynamic to static IP and back when you want to use the Wifi for OBDII communication OR Network. That can be done at the flick of a switch using "StaticIP" and I'm quite sure it can be automated further.

If you'd want the best solution on an Ouku, you still would have to buy a compatbile BT module and a trustable USB Hub, which I estimate won't cost that much less than that WIFI OBDII item. So from cost perspective, the difference is negligable : the upside is you wouldn't have to switch from "Wifi for communictaion" to "Wifi for OBD".

But then again, the I802 has a couple of strong points (Very fast boot time, Colour changable buttons, external mic which is very important if you're looking to use these units as handsfree calll system to name but a few) which you can can't easely incorperate in the Ouku.

Again, both units have their merrits. I chose mine because only the I802 marked all my boxes on my wishlist, running Torque by _whatever means_ was the one thing where I had to take a leap of faith, and as it turned out allright, I'm really glad I did.

---------- Post added at 04:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:12 PM ----------

As a strickt policy, I never recommend things I haven't tested myself. As I didn't buy an Ouku, I can't recommend a shop either. :)

But from what I've read, most people who've bought their Ouku's all did that over Ebay (Pumpkin, StarDVD, .... ect ect) and I don't recollect horror stories from them.

In case of a I802 series, I can recommend dealing with Hifimax directly : better price, good warranty, no hasstles. Got mine for 295USD, considering this unit lowest price tag I've see so far was about 400USD and most of the times much higher, that's a very good price.

---------- Post added at 04:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:19 PM ----------

Also, please note : as a rule of thumb : If you're planning to use your headunit for handsfree calls and that function is important to you, you'll have to hardware-hack your Ouku into making an external mic available, as several Ouku users have complained the quality of the internal mic for handsfree calling is practially unusable.

From own experience, I can only confirm that I've NEVER known a headunit with only internal mic to give really usable results when it came to handsfree calling.

So if you need that function : either you hack the Ouku, or you buy a Ca-Fi, or you buy an I802, as those last two have external mic capability out of the box.